Harriet Smith
Defining and evaluating novel procedures for involving patients in Core Outcome Set research: creating a meaningful long list of candidate outcome domains
Smith, Harriet; Horobin, Adele Jayne; Fackrell, Kathryn; Colley, Veronica; Thacker, Brian; Hall, Deborah A.
Authors
Adele Jayne Horobin
Dr KATHRYN FACKRELL kathryn.fackrell@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
Veronica Colley
Brian Thacker
Deborah A. Hall
Abstract
Background
Tinnitus is a complex audiological condition affecting many different domains of everyday life. Clinical trials of tinnitus interventions measure and report those outcome domains inconsistently and this hinders direct comparison between study findings. To address this problem, an ongoing project is developing a Core Outcome Set; an agreed list of outcome domains to be measured and reported in all future trials. Part of this project uses a consensus methodology (‘Delphi’ survey), whereby all relevant stakeholders identify important and critical outcome domains from a long list of candidates. This article addresses a gap in the patient involvement literature by describing and reflecting on our involvement of patients to create a meaningful long list of candidate outcome domains.
Methods
Two Public Research Partners with lived experience of tinnitus reviewed an initial list of 124 outcome domains over two face-to-face workshops. With the Study Management Team, they interpreted each candidate outcome domain and generated a plain language description. Following this, the domain names and descriptions underwent an additional lay review by 14 patients and 5 clinical experts, via an online survey platform.
Results
Insights gained from the workshops and survey feedback prompted substantial, unforeseen modifications to the long list. These included the reduction of the number of outcome domains (from 124 to 66) via the exclusion of broad concepts and consolidation of equivalent domains or domains outside the scope of the study. Reviewers also applied their lived experience of tinnitus to bring clarity and relevance to domain names and plain language descriptions. Four impacts on the Delphi survey were observed: recruitment exceeded the target by 171%, there were equivalent numbers of patient and professional participants (n=358 and n=312, respectively), feedback was mostly positive, and retention was high (87%).
Conclusions
Patient involvement was an integral and transformative step of the study design process. Patient involvement was impactful because the online Delphi survey was successful in recruiting and retaining participants, and there were many comments about a positive participatory experience. Seven general methodological features are highlighted which fit with general principles of good patient involvement. These can benefit other Core Outcome Set developers.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 8, 2018 |
Publication Date | Mar 2, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Mar 2, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 2, 2018 |
Journal | Research Involvement and Engagement |
Electronic ISSN | 2056-7529 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 4 |
Issue | 8 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-018-0091-5 |
Keywords | Tinnitus, Outcome domains, Delphi survey, Public research partners, Reducing, Consolidating, Modifying |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/917806 |
Publisher URL | https://researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40900-018-0091-5 |
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